Manchester man accused of robbing family members

Police say Nathan Lesage threatened juvenile cousin with knife

A 19-year-old Manchester man was accused of robbing his cousins over the weekend.

Manchester police said Nathan Lesage contacted the family members online and asked them if they wanted to get together to talk.

Police said the relatives, a woman and her juvenile daughter, picked up Lesage on Dubuque Street and went to a local restaurant for ice cream. The woman then drove Lesage to the Rite Aid parking lot on McGregor Street, where he pulled a knife and held it to the girl's side, police said.

Police said Lesage said he would kill the girl if her mother didn't give him money from the cash machine at a nearby St. Mary's Bank.

Investigators said the woman drove to the cash machine, and while she was trying to take out cash, the girl was able to escape from the vehicle and started yelling for help.

Police said Lesage grabbed cellphones belonging to the two women and fled.

Lesage was arrested a short time later and charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of kidnapping.

Bail was set at $100,000.

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